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Friday, 14 August 2015

Do not despair yet - writing is still alive and kicking (for now)

With the unstoppable onward
march of technology, I worry that writing will one day die out completely. And
the amazing art of penmanship that has been around for centuries is quickly
becoming extinct as masters pass away and fewer and fewer decide to take their
place.

But do not despair just
yet. Introducing Jake Weidmann, the youngest master penman in the United
States. He is just one of twelve people left in the world to hold the title of
master penman, a talent that demonstrates something as simple as handwriting
can be hauntingly beautiful.